Conflict of Interest

Córima, Revista de Investigación en Gestión Cultural requires the declaration of any real or potential conflict of interest that may influence the evaluation, editing, or publication of a manuscript. This policy applies to authors, reviewers, editorial committee members, and any other person linked to the editorial process.

Definition

A conflict of interest is considered any financial, institutional, personal, academic, ideological, or relational circumstance that may affect, or appear to affect, a person's objectivity in relation to a manuscript or its evaluation process. Among the most common cases include external funding, employment or institutional relationship, recent collaboration, academic competition, friendship, rivalry, political or religious affiliation, or any interest that compromises the independence of editorial judgment.

Authorship Declaration

Authors must declare, at the time of submission, any conflict of interest that could have influenced the elaboration, analysis, interpretation, or presentation of the manuscript. When no conflict exists, it must be expressly indicated in the submission or in the corresponding declaration.

Likewise, authors must explicitly declare all funding sources received for the elaboration, development, or publication of the manuscript. This declaration must include the name of the funding institution or agency, the project or support number, when applicable, and a brief description of the role that the funding source had in the work. When there has been no funding, it must be expressly indicated: "The research received no specific funding" or an equivalent formula.

Review Declaration

Reviewers must refrain from evaluating manuscripts when there is a real or potential conflict of interest with the authorship, the institution of affiliation, the theme, the funding, or any other relationship that compromises their impartiality. If the conflict arises after the invitation has been accepted, it must be immediately notified to the editorial team to substitute the review.

Editorial Declaration

Editors, as well as editorial committee members, must refrain from intervening in the evaluation or editorial decision of manuscripts regarding which there is a conflict of interest. If necessary, the management of the manuscript will be reassigned to another person in the editorial team to preserve the independence of the process.

Conflict Management

When a conflict of interest is detected before publication, the journal may request an additional declaration, reassign the manuscript, or suspend the evaluation process according to the nature of the case. If the conflict is detected after publication and is considered relevant, the journal may publish a correction note, a clarification, or the corresponding editorial measures.

Transparency Responsibility

The journal promotes transparency as a guiding principle of its editorial policy. Therefore, every conflict of interest and funding declaration must be truthful, complete, and timely, and remain updated throughout the editorial process. The deliberate omission of a conflict of interest or a funding source may be considered an ethical fault and give rise to editorial measures according to the journal's code of ethics.

Córima adopts these provisions to preserve objectivity, editorial independence, and confidence in its evaluation and publication processes.